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create (with kids): upcycled sponges

By freshlyplanted - 9:39 PM
Everything in my house starts out in its proper place. For example, our sponges start out at the sink doing their faithful dish-washing duty. But then, when they begin to get worse for wear (or sometimes, when they're two shades beyond worse for wear, ha!) they get promoted to our art supply trunk. Where they wait... and wait until... Everything in my house starts...

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create (a moment)

By freshlyplanted - 9:26 AM
"A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember."  (words and inspiration via Soulemama.com)  . . . . . . . . ...

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create (with kids): ice cube play-dough

By freshlyplanted - 9:26 AM
Are you always in need of another easy art activity that can you can make from things in your kitchen? Hmm... maybe that's just me. Well, just in case, here's a great- Simple- art activity for hot days, rainy days, and all of those days in-between. It involves flour, salt, water and, of course, Ice. ...

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create (a life): happy birthday billy

By freshlyplanted - 8:45 PM
It's amazing what can happen overnight.  You can go to sleep as a baby... and wake up as a big 'ole One-year-old! I know you're no longer the five-month-old that just was content to just be snuggled... Or the seven-month-old who was just learning to get around. You're busy growing up and learning all those grown up things- like walking. You're big stuff...

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create (a life): pockets of creativity

By freshlyplanted - 6:00 AM
As I was telling a friend the other day, one of the hardest parts of this season in life is finding that magical amount of creative time that leaves me refreshed. Before we had kids, I felt like whole days were necessary to refresh me. Days in which I could sleep late, read leisurely in bed, and then hole up in my studio...

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create (a moment)

By freshlyplanted - 3:15 PM
"A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember."  (words and inspiration via Soulemama.com)  . . . . . . . . ...

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